Number 51

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

132times drawn · chance expected 111 +2.12σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

31longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

51 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 132 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, +2.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 51, draw by draw

Drawn 132 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 7 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 51 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest7 · chance 10.4
5th smallest125 · chance 121.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 24 47 26 17 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 51 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 52. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 51 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	22	5th	22 27 31 49 51
2026-08-05	10	5th	1 19 20 40 51
2026-07-13	8	5th	6 7 24 29 51
2026-06-24	3	5th	26 39 45

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 51 is drawn with probability 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-30	5	5th	9 13 26 43 51
2025-07-19	14	5th	4 25 32 42 51
2025-06-16	1	5th	4 19 35 43 51
2025-06-14	4	5th	19 22 26 31 51
2025-06-04	11	5th	1 6 26 41 51
2025-05-10	15	5th	10 12 27 45 51
2025-04-05	9	5th	17 26 37 40 51
2025-03-15	17	5th	16 39 41 44 51
2025-02-03	12	5th	10 33 35 49 51
2025-01-06	10	5th	15 34 45 50 51
2024-12-14	2	4th	2 8 47 51 52
2024-12-09	24	5th	15 24 29 38 51
2024-10-14	2	5th	6 25 31 43 51
2024-10-09	4	5th	18 28 32 40 51
2024-09-30	1	5th	24 28 29 30 51
2024-09-28	12	5th	12 13 47 48 51
2024-08-31	10	5th	17 18 32 42 51
2024-08-07	3	5th	15 24 42 44 51
2024-07-31	1	5th	15 27 28 49 51
2024-07-29	8	4th	1 26 44 51 52
2024-07-10	9	5th	6 21 25 42 51
2024-06-19	10	5th	19 21 24 44 51
2024-05-27	5	5th	9 25 32 40 51
2024-05-15	2	5th	17 25 27 47 51
2024-05-11	24	5th	15 16 27 50 51
2024-03-16	20	5th	11 30 43 47 51
2024-01-29	1	5th	5 9 15 50 51
2024-01-27	7	5th	13 22 46 47 51
2024-01-10	2	5th	7 19 27 38 51
2024-01-06	1	5th	14 34 42 46 51
2024-01-03	19	5th	10 17 31 47 51
2023-11-20	2	5th	10 14 24 41 51
2023-11-15	1	5th	15 16 26 34 51
2023-11-13	9	5th	17 18 20 44 51
2023-10-23	1	5th	21 27 28 32 51
2023-10-21	4	5th	11 23 30 36 51
2023-10-11	4	5th	3 6 9 17 51
2023-10-02	6	5th	4 5 21 36 51
2023-09-18	5	5th	4 24 25 32 51
2023-09-06	1	5th	8 28 39 49 51
2023-09-04	4	4th	10 17 33 51 52
2023-08-26	10	5th	8 21 38 43 51
2023-08-02	4	5th	1 18 33 41 51
2023-07-24	3	5th	6 13 20 29 51
2023-07-17	3	5th	25 28 29 40 51
2023-07-10	31	5th	3 26 30 47 51
2023-04-29	7	5th	2 5 8 36 51
2023-04-12	5	5th	18 36 45 48 51
2023-04-01	4	5th	2 38 43 46 51
2023-03-22	4	5th	14 18 21 50 51
2023-03-13	6	5th	20 23 28 33 51
2023-02-27	20	5th	12 17 41 43 51
2023-01-11	7	5th	5 23 45 46 51
2022-12-26	6	5th	4 11 26 49 51
2022-12-12	18	5th	3 23 31 33 51
2022-10-31	15	5th	4 23 26 48 51
2022-09-26	13	5th	21 22 24 46 51
2022-08-27	11	5th	5 9 19 34 51
2022-08-01	27	5th	21 24 42 48 51
2022-05-07	13	5th	18 32 43 48 51
2022-03-23	18	4th	36 45 47 51 52
2022-01-19	5	5th	16 19 32 35 51
2022-01-01	21	5th	3 23 33 50 51
2021-10-20	3	5th	8 17 20 41 51
2021-10-09	9	5th	6 22 45 48 51
2021-09-08	16	5th	3 19 36 44 51
2021-07-14	31	5th	19 22 46 48 51
2021-03-27	14	5th	3 23 35 50 51
2021-02-06	18	5th	13 16 28 44 51
2020-12-05	12	5th	12 15 35 36 51
2020-10-24	5	5th	22 26 43 50 51
2020-10-07	3	5th	17 19 24 34 51
2020-09-26	8	5th	11 12 18 24 51
2020-08-29	9	5th	4 5 9 13 51
2020-07-29	2	5th	29 30 38 45 51
2020-07-22	2	5th	18 25 46 49 51
2020-07-15	2	5th	11 13 14 45 51
2020-07-08	19	5th	7 33 41 45 51
2020-05-02	5	5th	1 37 40 48 51
2020-04-15	9	5th	3 19 26 45 51
2020-03-14	7	5th	10 17 29 46 51
2020-02-19	10	5th	16 29 33 47 51
2020-01-15	5	5th	1 11 38 50 51
2019-12-28	2	5th	9 31 45 47 51
2019-12-21	2	5th	4 17 29 40 51
2019-12-14	1	5th	7 8 33 37 51
2019-12-11	2	5th	23 29 34 41 51
2019-12-04	22	5th	34 38 45 47 51
2019-09-18	12	4th	10 41 44 51 52
2019-08-07	21	5th	6 25 44 50 51
2019-05-25	11	5th	4 16 28 45 51
2019-04-17	17	5th	2 17 24 34 51
2019-02-16	8	5th	16 27 32 47 51
2019-01-19	1	5th	24 29 46 49 51
2019-01-16	6	5th	3 21 42 45 51
2018-12-26	15	5th	5 10 18 19 51
2018-11-03	15	5th	11 33 40 47 51
2018-09-12	6	5th	1 23 24 42 51
2018-08-22	7	5th	20 22 25 26 51
2018-07-28	4	5th	2 13 38 39 51
2018-07-14	11	5th	6 9 31 37 51
2018-06-06	20	5th	19 28 31 39 51
2018-03-28	4	5th	7 24 40 46 51
2018-03-14	7	5th	8 21 38 50 51
2018-02-17	3	5th	40 41 47 49 51
2018-02-07	13	5th	15 25 36 45 51
2017-12-23	6	5th	2 32 37 39 51
2017-12-02	—	5th	22 28 45 47 51